Episode 16

[Stephanie Valencia]

Final 7!

Did anything get revealed at the challenge that will affect your strategy?

There’s only a few rounds left to impress the jury. Do you feel you’ve done enough to have a compelling argument to win the game at this point? Or are you looking at the final rounds as the chance to put your case forward?

What is your ideal boot order from now until Final Tribal Council?

[Brenda Lowe]

Okay, final seven is real talk time Deborah. I have no clue what is happening with most of this game but really zero clue as to your plans. If you are gonna end the career on a win here, tell me how? Against whom?

Lot of talk at TC last night about how it is a must-flip round for you & Carter to team up with the two on the bottom if you want to not let Cochran-Chad-Ralph get into the right side of the numbers. Is that an overly simple view of the game dynamic? Is that something you want to do at all? Will you flip? Stick? Is there some different route you may have mapped out?

You got called out for making promises and then not following through. Is that just blowing smoke up people's arses or are they things you actually want to try to do but are biding your time? What sort of impression are you giving the Jury with this game and will they reward you for it?

Perception is key, and there's nothing quite as gut-punching as making the end only to lose.

Srsly though, fill me in. I have no idea if things are going to plan here for you or not.

[Debb]

My initial plan was to get to F7 with Ashley or Sarah and make a move. Maybe Jolanda too. But they all kept making themselves a target and got voted off. Yeah they got pissed at me for not moving sooner, but I wasn't going to compromise my place in the game and make a potential game ending blunder by moving too early.

Now I really have no choice but to do something. I would like to use the bottom feeders to flip on Chad. Cochran, Ralph, and I have a F3, so this would force their hand. They might be mad for a moment but when I explain my motives to them they will see why I did it. Then I flip back to them with Carter. And we pick off Mia/Chad. And then at F4 I don't give a fuck who goes as long as its not me. Cochran is the biggest threat, so if I think I went into the F3 with Carter and Ralph i would win.

This game is too unpredictable. But my original plan was to make it to the F7 and then flip flop between alliances. The people I wanted to do it with are gone, but the strategy remains the same. If I can pull it off, I deserve to win this game.